NORMAN — Oklahoma’s lengthy layoff from the end of the regular season to the start of the College Football Playoff has been spent preparing for Alabama while trying to get as healthy as possible.
Quarterback John Mateer is no different.
The OU gunslinger’s season was disrupted by an early injury to his throwing hand. Mateer has maintained that any poor play since has been primarily due to mental errors or a lack of fundamentals, but the Sooner quarterback was spotted at a portion of practice opened up to the media on Monday without any tape on his right hand, which would represent progress from where he ended the regular season…